USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Cabot was the first European explorer to come into contact with the New Jersey shore. Henry Hudson also explored this area as he searched for the northwest passage. The area that would later be New Jersey was part of New Netherland.

Detailed explanation-2: -After a month, he discovered a ‘new found land’, today known as Newfoundland in Canada. Cabot is credited for claiming North America for England and kick-starting a century of English transatlantic exploration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cabot and his crew were the second group of Europeans to reach what would become Canada, following Norse explorers around 1000 CE. Despite not yielding the trade route Cabot hoped for, the 1497 voyage provided England with a claim to North America and knowledge of an enormous new fishery. Painting of John Cabot, 1762.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although the European re-discovery of Newfoundland is generally credited to John Cabot in 1497, we know that as early as the 1480s, English ships were venturing into the unknown Atlantic Ocean. The first known voyage, by John Day, occurred in 1480.

Detailed explanation-5: -John Cabot’s real name was Giovanni Caboto, and he was a 15th-century Italian explorer from Venice. He was remembered for his thorough exploration of North America, his “discovery” of Newfoundland and Cape Briton, and for forging a link between Italy and the Americas that has lasted more than 500 years.